2025 in Tunisia

Events in the year 2025 in Tunisia.

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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	History of Tunisia List of years in Tunisia

Incumbents

• President: Kais Saied
• Prime Minister: Kamel Madouri (until 20 March); Sara Zaafarani (since 20 March)
• President of the Assembly of the Representatives by the People: Ibrahim Bouderbala
• Government: Madouri Cabinet

Events

January

• 1 January – Two boats carrying migrants sink off the coast of Sfax, killing 27 passengers.^[1]
• 24 January – A man sets himself on fire outside the Grand Synagogue of Tunis before being shot dead by police. Two people, including a police officer, are injured from the flames.^[2]

February

• 3 February – A magnitude 4.7 earthquake hits Meknassy, injuring three people.^[3]

March

• 20 March – President Saied dismisses Kamel Madouri as prime minister and replaces him with equipment and housing minister Sara Zaafarani.^[4]

April

• 14 April – A wall collapses at a school in Mezzouna, killing three students.^[5]
• 19 April – Forty political opposition figures are convicted and sentenced to up to 66 years' imprisonment on charges including plotting against the state and terrorism.^[6]

May

• 3 May – Former prime minister Ali Larayedh is sentenced to 34 years' imprisonment on charges of facilitating travel by jihadists to Syria.^[7]
• 8 May – A Jewish resident is injured in an axe attack in Djerba.^[8]

June

• 12 June – Opposition politician Abir Moussi is sentenced to two years' imprisonment for criticising the legislative electoral process.^[9]
• 20 June – Former president Moncef Marzouki is sentenced in absentia by the Tunis Court of First Instance to 22 years' imprisonment on terrorism charges.^[10]

July

• 8 July – Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi is sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment on terrorism charges.^[11]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Tunisia

Source:^[12]

• January 1 – New Year's Day
• March 20 – Independence Day
• March 30-31 – Eid al-Fitr
• April 1 – Eid al-Fitr holiday
• April 9 – Martyrs' Day
• May 1 – Labour Day
• June 6 – Eid al-Adha
• June 26 – Islamic New Year
• July 25 – Republic Day
• August 13 – Women's Day
• September 4 – Milad un-Nabi
• October 15 – Evacuation Day
• December 17 – Revolution Day

Deaths

• 23 April – Fouad Mebazaa, 91, speaker of the Chamber of Deputies (1997–2011) and acting president (2011)^[13]

Art and entertainment

• List of Tunisian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film